The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-12-03

years, at her grandma's, where she was At
tending school, and is buried In Prospect
Park, Brooklyn, and Amelia Josephine, the
youngest, and l.. Arnold, the second Oldest,
who live at home with their parents, on the
east side, In this city.
Mr. LoCKwOoD's OFFICIAL LIFE.
Mr.. LockwOods natural affability and
good judgment soon made him popular
with all classes Of people, who discovered
In him largely developed the proper quail
ties for good public servant; so In 1858
he was elected justice of the peace, an
office he has held without interruption
since then. At the same time he was
chosen police magistrate; but at the expir.
alton Of his first term, the authorities at
Springfield announced that they would mot
Issue him commission for both offices for
the second term, as the offices we're nearly
the same, ana, besides, probably there were
not enough offices TO 60 around 80 he
flung up as to the police magistracy, but
held on to the other position. During his
services as j. p. he has docketed 1893 civil
cases and he don't know how many persons
have been before him on criminal charges
or cases of misdemeanor. He has been as
SCISSOR of the town Including the city Of
Ottawa, twenty. five years, but not continu-
ously. and town and city collector once anu
city collector twice, and at the request of
different coroners, till the present time, has
held many inquests. The most important,
because II touched case of murder, was
that of
FISHER, FOR KILLING HIS WIFE.
On Sunday morning. the 18th of Janu-
airy, 1868, man named Fisher, who lived
west of the side cut, near the lock, was
seen to chase his wife out of the house, she
running screaming and he following her,
till near enough, when he shot and in
stantly killed her. The cause was said to
be jealousy. Mr.. Lockwood summoned a
jury: A F. Dow, foreman, Francis War
ner, 8 E King, l. Witherbee, A WOlford,
Samuel Patterson, Jas Strawn and Z
Skinner. They bound Fisher, as the muir.
derer, over to the grand jury, and he was
tried, got a re-hearing, tried again, got a
change of venue to Morris, and after long
time died there In Jail.
HE MARRIEs NUMEROUS PAIRS.
The first wedding performed by him
was al. Rowland Hopper's hotel, now Keat
ings, once the Pennsylvania house. near
the canal on La Sale street. The parties
were George A. Smith and Miss Sarah F.
Long. For his services he received S1.O0,
good and lawful money! Since then he has
united between 900 and 700 couples, and
every marriage was success; all perma-
nent and happy; no divorces. and he has
since been marrying couples of the second
generation-the offspring of those he unit
ed years ago.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Mr.. Lockwood is very methodical In the
keeping of his books and papers. He has
an invention of his own for keeping prom.
inently before him the business of each
month. so that he never misses being ready
for trial, TO draw deed or mortgage, or
attend wedding He has a complete
double collection of every issue of each de-
nomination Of fractional currency by the
government during the war of the rebel
lion, from cents to q so cents. He has
also complete files of the Ottawa FREE
TRADER, Constitution1list and Republican,,
and the latch string of his Office is always
open to any friend, and enemies he has
none.